Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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UpstageSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Solar Pro4 leads 39.8 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
- Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 524K |
| Max output | 118K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1437 |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1399 |
Math Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1416 |
Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1427 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1415 |
| LMArena French | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1364 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1360 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1401 |
Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1377 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1381 |
Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1316 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1385 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Solar Pro4?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Solar Pro4 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.